1. Robert R. Wilson (1914–2000): the first scientist to propose particle therapy—use of particle beam for cancer treatment

   • Masahiro Endo

   Editorial 20 October 2017 Pages: 1 - 6

   

2. Investigation of spatial resolution improvement by use of a mouth-insert detector in the helmet PET scanner

   • Abdella M. Ahmed
   • Hideaki Tashima
   • Taiga Yamaya

   OriginalPaper 06 October 2017 Pages: 7 - 12

   

3. The effect of scan interval and bolus length on the quantitative accuracy of cerebral computed tomography perfusion analysis using a hollow-fiber phantom

   • Hiroyuki Hashimoto
   • Kazufumi Suzuki
   • Shuji Sakai

   OriginalPaper 16 October 2017 Pages: 13 - 19

   

4. Influence of the menstrual cycle on compression-induced pain during mammography: correlation with the thickness and volume of the mammary gland

   • Hitomi Kitaoka
   • Hiroko Kawashima

   OriginalPaper 13 November 2017 Pages: 20 - 26

   

5. Classification of early stage non-small cell lung cancers on computed tomographic images into histological types using radiomic features: interobserver delineation variability analysis

   • Akihiro Haga
   • Wataru Takahashi
   • Keiichi Nakagawa

   OriginalPaper 05 December 2017 Pages: 27 - 35

   

6. Identification of syllables best recognized in acoustic-stimulated functional magnetic resonance imaging

   • Kenichiro Yamamura
   • Yasuo Takatsu
   • Toshiaki Miyati

   OriginalPaper 04 December 2017 Pages: 36 - 42

   

7. Novel real-time tumor-contouring method using deep learning to prevent mistracking in X-ray fluoroscopy

   • Toshiyuki Terunuma
   • Aoi Tokui
   • Takeji Sakae

   OriginalPaper Open access 28 December 2017 Pages: 43 - 53

   

8. Comparative evaluation of image quality among different detector configurations using area detector computed tomography

   • Yohei Miura
   • Katsuhiro Ichikawa
   • Masao Funahashi

   OriginalPaper 02 January 2018 Pages: 54 - 60

   

9. Collaboration between interactive three-dimensional visualization and computer aided detection of pulmonary embolism on computed tomography pulmonary angiography views

   • Abdel-Razzak M. Al-hinnawi
   • Bassam O. Al-Naami
   • Haytham Al-azzam

   OriginalPaper 28 December 2017 Pages: 61 - 72

   

10. Construction of mammographic examination process ontology using bottom–up hierarchical task analysis

    • Ayako Yagahara
    • Yuki Yokooka
    • Katsuhiko Ogasawara

    OriginalPaper 10 January 2018 Pages: 73 - 81

    

11. Determination of task group 43 dosimetric parameters for CSM40 ¹³⁷Cs source for use in brachytherapy

    • Mohammad Mehdi Firoozabadi
    • Elaheh Jimabadi
    • Marziyeh Behmadi

    OriginalPaper 03 January 2018 Pages: 82 - 90

    

12. Influence of the reference scan and scan time on the arterial phase of liver magnetic resonance imaging

    • Yoshinori Tsuji
    • Satoshi Saitoh
    • Masahiro Kobayashi

    OriginalPaper 03 January 2018 Pages: 91 - 99

    

13. Characteristics of temporal resolution in 16- and 64-row computed tomography scanners

    • Hitoshi Saito
    • Teruhiro Ito
    • Ikuo Kashiwakura

    OriginalPaper 20 December 2017 Pages: 100 - 108